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American Museum of Natural History

 Organization

Found in 156 Collections and/or Records:

Photographs of astronomical equipment, astronomical events, and outer space, late 1800s-1967

 Collection
Identifier: DR-H 31
Abstract

Photographs of telescopes, observatories, antennas and other astronomical equipment as well as drawings of solar events, star maps and photographs of nebulae and galaxies. NASA photos and press kit for Surveyor and Lunar Orbiter also included.

Dates: 1800 - 1967

Publication Committee papers, 1898-1942

 Collection
Identifier: DR 093
Dates: Majority of material found within ( 1913-1936).

Report of a conference on Germany after the war, circa 1944

 Collection
Identifier: DR 159
Scope and Contents A report consisting of the abstract of the proceedings along with a series of appendices, drawn up and assembled by a sub-committee composed mostly of New York members including Margaret Mead. The conference was called by the Joint Committee on Post-War Planning, representing the American Association of Mental Deficiency, American Branch of the International League Against Epilepsy, American Neurological Association, American Society for Research in Psychosomatic Problems and the National...
Dates: 1944

Reports to the management board of the American Museum of Natural History, 1950, 1956.

 Collection
Identifier: DR 163
Abstract

Four sets of mimeographed pamphlet reports to the management board of the AMNH. They include: The Museum and Conservation (November 30, 1950), The Museum and Natural Resources (November 2, 1950), Report on Preliminary Survey of Personnel Matters for Cultural Institutions of New York City, submitted by Joseph Schechter (September 5, 6, 7, 8 and 14, 1950), Report on the Exhibition Program by A.E. Parr (January 9, 1956).

Dates: 1950 - 1956

Rifle Club papers,

 Collection
Identifier: DR 013

Rose Center project planning documents annotated by Neil deGrasse Tyson, 1993-2000.

 Collection
Identifier: DR-H 34
Scope and Contents

Rose Center information, blueprints with notes from Tyson, staff budget information, correspondence pertaining to the Rose Center, documents regarding project planning for Rose Center.

Dates: 1993 - 2000

Scripts of image titles for motion picture film title cards, 1919-1923.

 Collection
Identifier: DR 134
Abstract Contains papers scripts of scene-by-scene descriptions to be used as captions or title cards for silent films, some created by Kineto Films and others by the American Museum of Natural History, the latter including a film made of pictures from the Crocker Land Expedition titled "Life in the Frozen North" with handwritten notations by Edmund Otis Hovey, leader of relief expedition. Also contains some correspondence regarding ordering title cards with formatting requests. Contains small piece...
Dates: 1919 - 1923